Rehabilitation Act of 1973

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United States federal statute civil rights law disability rights law

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance and in federal employment.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973	4
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (employment discrimination provisions)	1
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as applied to DOJ-funded programs)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ civil rights law ⓘ disability rights law ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Department of Education ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Education United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services United States Department of Labor ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Labor
amendedBy	Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 ⓘ Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1978 ⓘ Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992 ⓘ Technology-related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act amendments ⓘ Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (rehabilitation provisions) ⓘ surface form: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 ⓘ
appliesTo	activities receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ federal contractors and subcontractors (under certain sections) ⓘ federal executive agencies ⓘ programs receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ
citation	29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq. ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	qualified individual with a disability (for covered programs and employment) ⓘ
enactedBy	93rd United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ Office for Civil Rights ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
historicalSignificance	first major U.S. federal civil rights law protecting individuals with disabilities ⓘ
influenced	Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ surface form: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
keyConcept	accessible electronic and information technology ⓘ effective communication with individuals with disabilities ⓘ program accessibility ⓘ reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities ⓘ
longTitle	Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 ⓘ surface form: An Act to replace the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe handicaps, and for other purposes
prohibits	discrimination on the basis of disability ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 93-112 ⓘ
purpose	to prohibit disability discrimination in federal employment ⓘ to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ to provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities ⓘ
regulates	accessibility of electronic and information technology used by the federal government (Section 508) ⓘ employment practices of federal agencies (Section 501) ⓘ employment practices of federal contractors and subcontractors (Section 503) ⓘ nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs and activities (Section 504) ⓘ
relatedTo	Independent Living Services for individuals with disabilities ⓘ Vocational Rehabilitation Services ⓘ surface form: Vocational Rehabilitation Program
section	Section 501 ⓘ Section 503 ⓘ Section 504 ⓘ Section 508 ⓘ
shortTitle	Rehabilitation Act of 1973 self-link ⓘ
signedBy	Richard Nixon ⓘ
signingDate	1973-09-26 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Civil Rights Act of 1991 → amends → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 → amends → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

Federal Coordination and Compliance Section → appliesLaw → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → enforces → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (employment discrimination provisions)

Office for Civil Rights → enforces → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Office for Civil Rights → enforces → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

subject surface form: Office for Civil Rights (DOJ)

this entity surface form: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as applied to DOJ-funded programs)

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → influenced → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs → legalAuthority → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

Coordination and Review Section → legalBasis → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services → legalBasis → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

Americans with Disabilities Act → relatedTo → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 → relatedTo → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 → shortTitle → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 self-link ⓘ